... , women were not allowed many freedoms. In her novel, The Awakening, Kate Chopin dares to break free from an oppressive society through her main character: Edna Pontellier. Edna challenges the very set of social rules that were abided by with strict precision by her predecessors. In the process of breaking out of the mold, Edna undergoes several awakening's that transform her from her previous shackled self to a ... up her mind and help prepare herself mentally for the transformation of herself Edna underwent her first awakening. The first of her "awakenings" is that of an intellectual ...

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